193 combat clashes take place on front during day, 71 of them on Pokrovsk axis
On May 8, 193 combat clashes took place on the front, the enemy attacked most of all on the Pokrovsk (71 clashes), Novopavlivka (28) and Lyman (27) axes.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has stated this in its operational update on Facebook, the Ukrainian News agency reports.
Over the past day, the enemy launched one missile and 18 air strikes on the positions of Ukrainian units and settlements, used one missile and dropped 32 KABs.
In addition, the enemy carried out almost 4,000 attacks, 67 of them from multiple launch rocket systems, and involved 2,659 kamikaze drones for destruction.
On May 8, 193 combat clashes with the russian occupiers were recorded on the front.
Thus, on the Kharkiv axis, 4 enemy attacks were repelled in the area of Vovchansk.
On the Kupiansk axis, 4 attacks of the occupiers were repelled near Synkivka, Stepova Novoselivka, Nova Kruhliakivka and in the direction of Novoosynove.
On the Lyman axis, the enemy attacked 27 times near the settlements of Nadiia, Novoiehorivka, Ridkodub, Hrekivka, Novomykhailivka, Kolodiazi, Zelena Dolyna and Torske.
On the Siversk axis, 5 enemy assault actions were repelled in the areas of Bilohorivka and Fedorivka.
On the Kramatorsk axis, 6 attacks were repelled in the areas of Chasiv Yar and Kurdiumivka.
On the Toretsk axis, the enemy carried out 9 attacks on the positions of the Defense Forces near Krymske and Toretsk.
On the Pokrovsk axis, the Defense Forces stopped 71 assault and offensive actions of the aggressor in the areas of the settlements of Oleksandropil, Yelyzavetivka, Hrodivka, Myroliubivka, Dachenske, Zvirove, Kotlyne, Udachne, Novooleksandrivka, Kotliarivka, Preobrazhenka and Andriivka.
On the Novopavlivka axis, the Defense Forces repelled 28 enemy attacks near Rozlyv, Novosilka, Novopil, Pryvilne, Burlatske and in the direction of Odradne.
On the Orikhiv axis, 3 attacks were repelled in the areas of Stepove and Shcherbaky.
On the Dnieper axis, 5 enemy attacks were repelled.
In the operational zone in the Kursk Oblast (russian federation) over the past day, Ukrainian soldiers repelled 19 enemy attacks.
The enemy carried out 9 air strikes here using 17 guided bombs, and also carried out 274 artillery attacks on positions of the Defense Forces and settlements, including 6 from multiple launch rocket systems.
No enemy offensive actions were recorded on the Huliaipole axis over the past 24 hours.
On May 7, aviation, missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces struck 16 areas of concentration of personnel and equipment of the russian invaders, two control points, five artillery pieces, a military supply warehouse and four other important objects of the occupiers.
In total, the losses of the russian invaders last day amounted to 1,300 people.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, on May 7, 196 combat clashes took place at the front, the enemy attacked most of all on the Pokrovsk (61 clashes), Novopavlivka (32) and Lyman (24) axes.